Canvas Intelligent Insights
Canvas Intelligent Insights is a web analytics product for institutions seeking to monitor student progress and assess courses and educational technology.
What Canvas Intelligent Insights is
Canvas Intelligent Insights is a web analytics product for institutions seeking to monitor student progress and assess courses and educational technology. Its self-service analytics are intended to support course effectiveness, student retention, and graduation rates. Account administrators can ask questions in natural language with Ask Your Data, an AI-powered query tool. Course Readiness lets administrators set criteria for evaluating readiness and effectiveness. Students in Need of Attention monitors institution-defined indicators to flag students who may need support. Users can visualize data, customize dashboards, share selected insights, and return SQL queries. Listed capabilities also include Accessibility Insights, Accessibility Analytics, predictive analytics, and learner risk scoring. The product integrates with Canvas and is accessed through the Canvas Analytics Hub. Instructure describes Intelligent Insights as a legacy add-on: advanced analytics are now available in Canvas Plus and Canvas Next, while AI-powered Insights are available in Canvas Next. Pricing is on request. Instructure provides guides and directs users to Canvas Support through its Community resources.
Good
- Ask Your Data accepts natural-language questions.
- Administrators can customize course-readiness criteria.
- Dashboards can be customized and shared.
- Includes Accessibility Insights and Accessibility Analytics.
Watch out
- Described as a legacy add-on.
- Advanced analytics are now available in Canvas Plus and Canvas Next.
- AI-powered Insights are now available in Canvas Next.
- Pricing is on request.
Who it suits
It suits institutions looking to monitor student progress, assess teaching and learning, and make decisions using data. Account administrators can use its natural-language query tool and course-readiness criteria.
Verdict
Intelligent Insights combines student-monitoring tools with dashboards and course analytics. Institutions considering it should note its legacy add-on status and where Instructure now offers its advanced and AI-powered analytics.
Plans and prices
From Canvas Intelligent Insights's own pricing page, checked 2 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligent Insights (legacy add-on; pricing not stated) | Priced on request | Legacy add-on; advanced analytics now available in Canvas Plus and Canvas Next; AI-powered Insights now available in Canvas Next |
The facts
Each one read from Canvas Intelligent Insights's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Accessibility
- Its listed features include Accessibility Insights and Accessibility Analytics.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Ask Your Data
- Ask Your Data lets account administrators ask questions in natural language using an AI-powered query tool.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Canvas integration
- Intelligent Insights integrates with Canvas and is accessible through the Canvas Analytics Hub.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Course readiness
- Course Readiness lets administrators customize criteria to assess course readiness and effectiveness.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Current product status
- Instructure describes Intelligent Insights as a legacy add-on; its advanced analytics are now available in Canvas Plus and Canvas Next, and its AI-powered Insights are available in Canvas Next.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Dashboards
- The product supports visualizing data, customizing dashboards, sharing curated insights, and returning SQL queries.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Instructure describes the product for institutions seeking to improve teaching and learning, monitor student progress, and make data-informed decisions.checked 2 Oct 2026
- LTI reporting
- The launch announcement says the product reports on LTI tool usage; Instructure later stated that LTI usage reporting would become part of core Canvas.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Intelligent Insights provides self-service analytics and actionable insights intended to improve course and edtech effectiveness, student retention, and graduation rates.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Security certifications
- Instructure states that its certification program covers Canvas with Intelligent Insights and includes ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II, and PCI DSS 4.0.1.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Student support
- Students in Need of Attention supports proactive monitoring of institution-defined indicators to identify students who may need additional support.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Support
- Instructure provides Intelligent Insights guides and directs users to Canvas Support through its Community resources.checked 2 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2008checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Salt Lake City, Utah, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
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